Klint Gore <kgore4@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Surprisingly, '2008-10-27%' casts to a date in 8.3.3. Yeah, the datetime input code is pretty willing to overlook unexpected punctuation. There are enough odd formats out there that I'm not sure tightening it up would be a good idea. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general